CCCI Calls Entries for Songwriting Contest

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is now in its preparation for the annual business festivity dubbed as the Cebu Business Month (CBM) in June 2014 under the theme, “ASEAN 2015 AND Beyond!”

The CBM, an institutionalized month-long jubilee of the business community, will have a series of events that will highlight, celebrate and inspire more success in the Cebu Business Community, and is geared toward sustaining business growth and development of Cebu and the neighboring islands.

One of the events is the CBM Song Competition, a songwriting contest that will creatively express the brand values of CBM 2014 and effectively promote and increase public awareness of this annual event.

The endeavor also offers unparalleled professional exposure among some of Cebu’s music industry’s most influential names.  Our professional songwriting and music industry judges will be considering music on the basis of originality, lyrics, melody, and more importantly, its commercial appeal.  In addition, the copyright of an entry must be owned exclusively by the songwriter-contestant, and that the songwriter should warrant his/her entry song as not being contracted by any third party.

The CBM Song Competition is open to everyone, Filipino citizens, foreigners, and individuals with Filipino parentage.  Only the members of the screening committee are disqualified from joining the contest.

Here are ways to enter the contest: a) Participant of the songwriting competition can enter the competition individually or in collaboration with friends, or family, or with more than one songwriter; b) The entry song  must not exceed four minutes and thirty seconds (4:30), including the intro and extro; c) Musical instruments to support the entry may either be a guitar and/or piano or a combination of other musical instruments; and d) English lyrics are preferred, but Cebuano/Filipino terms may also be used if it contributes to the overall charm and effect of the song.

For more details on rules and mechanic and for your entry forms, please click: www.cebuchamber.org.  Entry is free.  Deadline is on January 16, 2014.

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